Pubs: Then & Now

The Pub is one of the few great cultural icons of Britain. We are currently in a phase where the future of the pub is in doubt. This blog shows how pubs have changed (or not) over the past 20 - 30 years. I first started taking pictures of pubs in 1986 and have amassed quite a collection. Most of these pubs are within easy walking distance of the English Canals and most are based in the Midlands. Apart from a (very) few, I have drunk in every pub pictured (and sometimes been drunk in them!)

Wednesday, 29 November 2017

Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire : 2006 to 2016

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Today you're getting a special 'Two-for-one' deal (before minimum pricing comes in!). Northwich isn't a place we visit ...
Tuesday, 14 November 2017

#235 Newton Brewery Inn, Middlewich, Cheshire : 1991 to 2016

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This entry for the Newton Brewery Inn perfectly demonstrates the reason I started taking pictures of every pub we visit on our canal journe...
Wednesday, 1 November 2017

#234 Crown & Anchor, Stone, Staffs : 1991 to 2016

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The town of Stone (between Stoke and Stafford) is a notable location on the Trent and Mersey Canal. Approximately at the mid-point of the w...
Thursday, 19 October 2017

#233 Gunmakers Arms, Birmingham : 2004 to 2017

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We 'discovered' the Gunmakers Arms at lunchtime on Wednesday 1st September 2004 . We popped in after lunch and a couple of pints in...
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Thursday, 5 October 2017

#232 The Woolpack, Weston, Staffordshire : 2002 to 2016

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Weston is a small village in Staffordshire that stands on the Trent & Mersey Canal and for many years, whenever we stopped there, we ne...
Thursday, 21 September 2017

#231 Fox & Hounds, Great Haywood, Staffordshire : 1991 to 2016 (RIP)

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Great Haywood is a very good place for a canal stopover (both lunchtimes and evenings). The village is a short walk from the canal and the ...
Monday, 11 September 2017

UPDATE : #028 The Canal House (formerly James Brindley), Birmingham : 1986 to 2017

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This is a post that I doubted would ever see the light of day - the James Brindley pub, in Gas Street Basin, that had been boarded up for a...
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